A two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is what the Metro Manila mayors want as a response to the Delta variant threat, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos stressed in a virtual press briefing Thursday, July 29. WE WANT ECQ--Metropolitan Manila Development...
Here's a simple move that you can take as a defense against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19): stop smoking. (Photo by Uitbundig/ Unsplash) "Now is the best time to quit smoking," Dr. Loida Alzona, head of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) Health and Environmental Protection...
The mayors of the National Capital Region (NCR) or Metro Manila will ask the government’s pandemic task for the imposition of "stricter quarantine measues" amid the threat posed by the more dangerous Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (Ali Vicoy/ File...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Wednesday, July 28, that all senior citizens in Barangay Namayan have already received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO) The milestone was achieved after the city inoculated 70 percent of the barangay's total...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos said local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila have been implementing "circuit-breaker" lockdowns against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) long before the OCTA Research group made the suggestion. MMDA Chairman Benhur...
Motorists can now settle their traffic violation fines online with a simple click on their smart phones. CONTACTLESS FINES PAYMENT--The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), Landbank of the Philippines, and CIS Bayad Center, Inc. jointly launched on July 27, 2021 a cashless payment...
No more rains mean it's now time to take out the trash, truckloads of them. REMEMBRANCE FROM THE RAINS--Manila Bay's shoreline is littered with garbage that had been swept there by the monsoon rains. Here, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) personnel are seen tidying up the area on...
President Duterte has maintained high approval and trust ratings more than a year and half into the country's coronavirus crisis which heavily impacted the lives of many Filipinos, according to an independent pollster. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) In the survey conducted by...
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has released details of alternate routes that motorists may take in light of the President Duterte's upcoming sixth and final State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 26. (Photo from MMDA) Despite the persisting coronavirus disease...
The Mandaluyong City local government announced on Friday that the city has already deployed more than 380,000 vaccines to its constituents amid the growing threat of the COVID-19 Delta variant. (Photo from Mandaluyong PIO) According to the City Health Office (CHO), a total of 383,424 vaccines have...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benhur Abalos led amid pouring rain Wednesday, July 21 the inauguration of the Aglipay Bridge and pumping station in Mandaluyong City. MMDA Chairman Benhur Abalos (leftmost) leads the inauguration of the Aglipay Bridge and Pumping Station in...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is tightening its belt in efforts to extend the tenure of its hired contact tracers amid the current threat posed by the highly-contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello...
